Change of interview location for a nurse on packet 3 working currently in saudi...

canterbury009 · Apr 20, 2008

Yeah there were problems we encountered before with our previous agency that's why it took us ages..my PD is june 2005..so you mean, it is impossible for us to have a visa this year?even if were done with the interview?what is this schedule A?...sorry i really don't have any idea about it..so I guess its better for me to have my interview here in saudi so if incase the process will still take too long at least I still have a job here while waiting.

suzanne4, RN · Apr 20, 2008

Previous agency? PD dates do not remain with you if you change employers, no matter what happened in the past.

You must have approval on the DS-230 before you will get scheduled for an interview to begin with. This is the point that I am trying to make, just because your PD is current, if your file is not, then there is no interview that will be scheduled. That is why I was asking if you were just submitting an updated DS-230 for one that was already approved in the past, and you told me that you did not think that the others were submitted.

You will be scheduled for an interview only if you have a completed file and there is a visa number for you at this point in time.

If your PD date was that long ago, there were many issues with everything; that is a definite. You should have been in the US more than two years ago.

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You mentioned before that there was a new attorney involved, but did you change employers as well? If so, then the original PD date is not in place any longer. They do not get transferred if you change employers.

And we have seen some employers back out at the time of the interview so the nurse has to start all over again with petitioning from the beginning, they do not get to keep the original date.

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Schedule A is what was created when the RNs first started getting fast-tracked about four years ago and were getting the green card quite rapidly. But the request for the green card far exceeds the number of applicants per year so the retrogression came into place again. And Schedule A was removed from the Visa Bulletin back in February, 2007.

It just does not exist any longer, though you still see mention of it at times.

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What exactly do you have approval on? Not what was submitted, but what the government has told you via writing or whatever has been approved?

canterbury009 · Apr 20, 2008

Hi susanne...we just changed the lawyer, we still have the same petitioner/employer. As of the moment, we don't have any local agency representative as they had some problem with our employer so they were turned down..my new lawyer said that they received my packet 3 this april so he asked me to fill up the new set of Ds230 with new expiration date since the last one has been expired(2007).That's all I know regarding my case...I have though a copy of my receipt noticeI-140,IV bill, etc.,

suzanne4, RN · Apr 20, 2008

Did you ever get approval on the original DS-230? If not, then even with submitting just an update now, there is no way to get a visa at this time.

There must have been many disasters with this agency if you are now going on four years and you did make mention of "our previous agency" so that means that this one is not the first, at least by what you did post.

If the attorney just received the Packet #3 this past month, how are you expecting to get it done right away if you never had approval that you are aware of on the other ones?

Does not matter what your PD date is but if the file is not complete, then they are going to skip over you and go onto others that have completed files, that is one of the reasons that the PD dates jumped ahead by so much, many did not have completed files and that is what the government here is looking for at this time.

If you already had approval on the DS-230, and they are just wanting an update, that is something else entirely, but if it was never approved, then there is no way to even expect an interview at this time.

Sounds like your attorney as well as the agency have not been real up front with you about what is going on. Which agency has had you waiting for this long? You can send it to me in a pm, have a sneaking suspicion of which one that it may be.

lawrence01 · Apr 21, 2008

Since the Dept. of State started forwarding cut-off dates a little bit earlier than usual I think there might still be chance that you can get through this fiscal year but that is if your agency/lawyer does it the right way the first time around. There is little room for an error.

suzanne4, RN · Apr 21, 2008

But if she does not have approval on the original DS-230, then it is highly unlikely; as that is why the PD dates have been jumping forward because others do not have completed files.

canterbury009 · Apr 21, 2008

we have no agency at the moment as i've mentioned on my previous posts. we are directly communicating with the legal assistant of our new lawyer and our immigration lawyer as well..actually, year 2006 was the first time I heard that my packet 3 has arrived then after a year or so, this new immigrant lawyer said that they had received our packet 3 too because of some adjustment i guess. I hope our new lawyer moves faster than the former..

lawrence01 · Apr 22, 2008

we have no agency at the moment as i've mentioned on my previous posts. we are directly communicating with the legal assistant of our new lawyer and our immigration lawyer as well..actually, year 2006 was the first time I heard that my packet 3 has arrived then after a year or so, this new immigrant lawyer said that they had received our packet 3 too because of some adjustment i guess. I hope our new lawyer moves faster than the former..

There seems to be more issues that keeps popping out. All I can say is good luck.

suzanne4, RN · Apr 22, 2008

In multiple places on this very thread, you have mentioned agency and having issues with them. Who in fact is the petitioner and has that changed?

You still have not answered whether or not the DS-230 has even been approved? If it has never been approved and this is the first time that it is being submitted, you are not going to be getting a visa anytime soon as having a current PD date without a completed file is not going to get you thru the process. And again, that is why the PD dates have moved forward because of so many that never had completed files. You still need to get approval on the DS-230, and then when that is done, it will depend on what PD date is current at that time. Having one that is current now and only having approval in the I-140, and you will have more than enough time at your new job. Would not recommend that you quit to return to the Philippines, as you have quite a wait in front of you.

And if there was a change in the original petitioner, then the PD date that you have is actually no longer current for you, and the new date would be used.

canterbury009 · Apr 22, 2008

Hi susanne..yes let me ask that thing with our lawyer.what I knew is that only our agency and lawyer has been changed not the employer or petitioner as we still communicate with them until now.

canterbury009 · Apr 22, 2008

[color=#333333]hi suzanne....i am not quite sure if this would answer your query about my case but i have copied a portion of the email of the legal assistant last march 08..please drop me your idea about it..."as you may have heard, the nvc has started to issue new packet iii's to applicants with pending petitions. i am happy to inform you that i have received your packet iii. please note that as of the april 2008 visa bulletin, your case is current.

[color=#333333]as always in the ever-changing world of immigration, the nvc has issued a new ds-230 part i and ii and given it a new expiration date of september 30, 2010. that having been said, i will need a newly completed ds-230 from you and each family member (spouse,children) joining you in the us (if applicable).

[color=#333333] complete the attached ds-230 part i and part ii.[color=#333333]please make sure to fill out this form completely paying close attention to the locations for all places you have resided since the day you turned 16 years of age. you must list full dates (mm/dd/yyyy).

[color=#333333] also, after reviewing your file, the following documents need to be updated in order to submit your packet iii."...........[color=#333333]so suzanne, i guess this means that, my previous ds230 hasn't been entered at the nvc right?and this might be the first one incase...so, i might fall to a conclusion that my case still have a long way to go...

canterbury009 · Apr 22, 2008

I am so sorry if I have quoted or copied her email.......My bad...I just don't know how to explain....I really love this site for helping lots of nurses.....